Tibet Wild A Naturalist’s Journeys on the Roof of the World /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Schaller, George B. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2012.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Climate change.; Biodiversity.; Wildlife.; Fish.; Nature conservation.; Nature Conservation.; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.

As one of the world’s leading field biologists, George Schaller has spent much of his life traversing wild and isolated places in his quest to understand and conserve threatened species—from mountain gorillas in the Virunga to pandas in the Wolong and snow leopards in the Himalaya. Throughout his ce...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• 1. A Covenant with Chiru
• 2. Riddle of the Calving Ground
• 3. The Longest Walk
• 4. A Deadly Fashion
• 5. A Gift to the Spirit
• 6. The Good Pika
• 7. Chang Tang Traverse
• 8. Feral Naturalist
• 9. Two Mountains and a River
• 10. Into the Hidden Land
• 11. Tibetan Wild Sheep Scandal
• 12. Wild Icon of the Pamirs
• 13. A Bear in the House
• 14. The Snow Leopard
• Selected References
• Index.